Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker, employed by R.M.Bélanger Ltd. of Chelmsford, Ontario, was killed when a wooden telephone pole rolled while it was being loaded with a forklift onto a trailer. R.M. Belanger Ltd. is a company that provides institutional, commercial and industrial construction services.
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)
Original story: Jeff Cottrill
British Columbia Chief Coroner Lisa Lapointe announced on March 25, 2015 that an ongoing inquest into the fatal Lakeland sawmill explosion in Prince George in 2012 had been temporarily adjourned, citing newly disclosed information about subsequent investigations into the tragedy.
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2015)
A fire broke out in an underground nickel mine in Thompson, Manitoba on April 5, 2015, when a piece of equipment burst into flames after being struck by a large chunk of falling debris. All 39 of the miners escaped unharmed.
Excerpt from the government of Ontario’s ‘Newsroom’
A worker fell from a second-storey level through an opening that should have had a guardrail to protect workers from injury. Robert C. Nearing Holdings Inc. operates a Canadian Tire outlet in the City of Thunder Bay.